A woman of a certain age who has three cats underfoot, and has the dream of filling her passport with stamps. Books, classical music, tea, cats, movies, art, fancy needlework, and anything else I can think of.

A tale that involves factory workers, a teacher, a murdered actress and her catatonic sister in Tsarist St. Petersburg, with the return of two investigators, Porfiry Petrovich and Virginsky, in a conspiracy that stretches all the way to Tsar Alexander II's study. Complicated, with plenty of twists and lots of psychology, I found this involved enough to enjoy and while there are some distasteful subjects herein, it's certainly not a dull or predictable mystery. Four stars overall, recommended.

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